Top Story with Tom Llamas - April 2 | NBC News NOW
Summary
TLDRTonight's news highlights global outrage as Israeli air strikes in Gaza kill aid workers from the World Central Kitchen, prompting an apology and investigation vows from Benjamin Netanyahu. In the U.S., a tornado outbreak across the central regions leaves destruction in its wake, with millions under threat of further storms. Meanwhile, the aftermath of Baltimore's deadly bridge collapse reveals challenges for engineers, as sonar images show massive debris. Also, the mysterious disappearance of two mothers on their way to pick up their children puzzles investigators. Plus, a legislative push in California seeks to allow employees to ignore work-related calls and emails off the clock, aiming for a healthier work-life balance.
Takeaways
- 😢 Global outrage over an Israeli air strike in Gaza killing aid workers from World Central Kitchen, prompting an apology and investigation pledge from Benjamin Netanyahu.
- 🌪️ Severe weather across the U.S., including tornadoes and a nor'easter, causing widespread destruction and threats to millions.
- 🌉 Sonar images reveal the extent of the Baltimore bridge collapse, presenting challenges for engineers and affecting local businesses.
- 🕵️♀️ Investigation into the disappearance of two mothers in Oklahoma, with circumstances raising suspicions and community concern.
- 🚢 Eight cruise passengers stranded on an African island after missing their ship, facing a challenging journey to reunite with the vessel.
- 📵 California legislation proposed to allow employees the right to disconnect from work calls and emails after hours.
- 🏛️ Former President Trump on a campaign trail, focusing on immigration and border issues, while legal battles continue.
- 🗳️ Florida's political landscape is shifting, with abortion rights becoming a central issue in upcoming elections.
- ⛈️ Coverage of severe weather conditions continues, highlighting the personal and community impacts of the storms.
- 🐊 Unique story of a boy helping to tape an alligator's mouth shut, showcasing unusual wildlife interaction.
Q & A
What was the main reason for global outrage mentioned in the transcript?
-The global outrage was primarily due to an Israeli air strike that killed aid workers in Gaza, who were part of the Chefs World Central Kitchen nonprofit.
How did Benjamin Netanyahu respond to the Israeli air strike that killed aid workers?
-Benjamin Netanyahu apologized for the air strike, stating it was unintentional, and promised a thorough investigation into the incident.
What significant weather events were highlighted in the central U.S.?
-The significant weather events included a tornado outbreak with twisters carving a path of destruction, putting 37 million Americans under threat of more storms.
What was the 'Underwater Disaster' mentioned in the script?
-The 'Underwater Disaster' referred to sonar images showing the massive debris field after Baltimore's deadly bridge collapse.
What was unique about the missing mothers' case discussed in the script?
-The uniqueness lay in the suspicious circumstances surrounding their disappearance while they were on their way to pick up their children, leading to an investigation.
What was the reaction of the White House to the Israeli air strike on aid workers?
-The White House sharply criticized Israel for the air strike that killed civilian and humanitarian workers, labeling the incident as emblematic of a larger problem.
What measure is a California lawmaker working to make a reality concerning workplace communication?
-A California lawmaker is working to make it a reality for employees to have the right to ignore emails and calls from their boss when they are off the clock, proposing fines if companies do not respect this right.
What was the proposed plan by World Central Kitchen to aid Gaza, and how was it affected by the air strike?
-World Central Kitchen had a plan to get more aid into Gaza by sea, which was completely put into limbo and forced to suspend its operations in Gaza following the air strike.
Who was among the victims killed by the Israeli air strike according to the report?
-The victims killed in the air strike included British, Polish, Australian, Palestinian, and dual U.S. Canadian citizens, all working in the war-torn region to feed those in need.
What was the impact of the tornadoes reported in the script on the affected areas?
-The tornadoes caused a path of destruction, including blowing out windows, knocking people to the ground due to strong winds, and causing semi trucks to be blasted off the road, among other damage.
Outlines
🌍 Global Outrage Over Israeli Air Strike
The segment begins with a news anchor introducing coverage of a series of global and national news events. It highlights the global outrage following an Israeli air strike that killed aid workers in Gaza, part of the Chefs World Central Kitchen nonprofit. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized, stating the strike was unintentional and promised a thorough investigation. The coverage shifts to a tornado outbreak across the Central U.S., impacting millions and causing widespread destruction. Additionally, the segment covers the aftermath of Baltimore's deadly bridge collapse, showing sonar images of the massive debris field. The segment also delves into the mysterious disappearance of two mothers on their way to pick up their children, a boy's daring encounter with an alligator, passengers stranded on an African island by a cruise ship, and a California lawmaker's proposal to protect employees' right to disconnect from work after hours.
🔍 In-depth Look at Israeli Strike's Aftermath
This section provides a detailed analysis of the Israeli air strike's consequences, emphasizing the Israeli government's apology and promise for investigation. It includes reactions from World Central Kitchen's founder, Jose Andres, criticizing the Israeli government for indiscriminate killings and obstructing humanitarian aid. The segment also reports on the international response, including President Biden's condolences to Jose Andres. Additionally, it explores the logistical challenges faced by humanitarian groups like World Central Kitchen in delivering aid to Gaza, now severely impacted by the strike. The segment concludes with personal accounts from colleagues of the aid workers killed, underscoring the tragedy's emotional toll on their community.
🚨 Severe Weather Outbreak Across the U.S.
This paragraph details a severe weather outbreak spanning from the Central U.S. to the East Coast, affecting millions with tornadoes, storms, and a nor'easter bringing heavy snow. It describes personal stories of survival and destruction, including dramatic rescues and the physical damage caused by the storms. The segment also highlights the emergency response to these weather events, including state of emergency declarations, and emphasizes the ongoing threat of severe weather, including tornado warnings and the potential for further storms.
🌊 Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Challenges and Recovery
Focusing on the aftermath of Baltimore's bridge collapse, this section reveals new 3-D sonar images showing the extent of the wreckage. It discusses the difficulty and dangers faced by dive teams working in the debris field and the efforts to remove massive chunks of the bridge. The segment also touches on the broader impact on local businesses and the state's efforts to support the economic recovery. It concludes with an overview of the ongoing search for missing workers and the challenges posed by poor visibility and dangerous conditions.
🗳️ Political Landscape: Trump Campaigns Amid Legal Challenges
This paragraph reports on former President Donald Trump's campaign activities in the Midwest, focusing on immigration and his criticism of President Biden's border policies. It also outlines Trump's legal challenges, including a gag order in his hush money trial and a bond posted in a civil fraud case. Additionally, the segment covers President Biden's call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, discussing concerns about TikTok among other topics. The paragraph concludes with a look at Florida's political dynamics, suggesting a potential shift in the state's importance in the upcoming presidential election due to a controversial abortion ban.
🏝️ Cruise Passengers Stranded on African Island
Detailing a cruise vacation gone wrong, this segment tells the story of eight passengers stranded on an island off the coast of Africa after missing their cruise ship. It describes their ordeal traveling through multiple countries to catch up with the ship, the challenges they faced, and the eventual reimbursement of their travel costs by the Norwegian Cruise Line. The segment highlights the strict boarding times enforced by cruise lines and offers advice for passengers to avoid similar situations.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Israeli air strike
💡Tornado outbreak
💡Underwater disaster
💡Missing mothers
💡Work-life balance
💡Global outrage
💡Sonar images
💡Apology
💡Humanitarian aid
💡Disaster response
Highlights
Global outrage after an Israeli air strike kills aid workers in Gaza, with calls for a thorough investigation.
Tornado outbreak causes widespread destruction in the Central U.S., affecting 37 million Americans.
Nor'easter brings torrential rain and heavy snowfall to the East Coast.
Sonar images reveal massive debris field after a deadly bridge collapse in Baltimore.
Two mothers vanish in suspicious circumstances while on their way to pick up their children.
Boy tapes a gator's mouth shut, showcasing a jaw-dropping moment of bravery.
Cruise vacation turns into a nightmare for eight passengers stranded on an African island.
California lawmaker proposes a bill to protect employees' right to disconnect from work communications after hours.
Severe storms trigger tornado warnings in the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu apologizes for the airstrike on Gaza, pledging an investigation.
World Central Kitchen ceases operations in Gaza after the deadly airstrike.
President Biden calls World Central Kitchen founder to offer condolences.
The U.S. White House criticizes Israel for the humanitarian workers' deaths.
Family and colleagues mourn the loss of aid workers killed in Gaza.
Former President Trump hits the campaign trail, focusing on immigration issues.
Transcripts
ANCHOR OF THE SUDDENLY --
SUNDAY NIGHTLY NEWS, STARTING
AT 6:30, I'M EXCITED TO SEE YOU
THEN.
BUT FOR NOW, WE HAVE MORE
COVERAGE THAT PICKS UP RIGHT
NOW.>>> TONIGHT, GLOBAL OUTRAGE
AFTER AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE
KILLS AID WORKERS IN GAZA, THE
WORKERS PART OF THE CHEFS WORLD
CENTRAL KITCHEN NONPROFIT,
BRINGING AID TO THE REGION FOR
MONTHS.>>> BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
APOLOGIZING, SAYING THE STRIKE
WAS UNINTENTIONAL, BOWING OF A
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION AS
QUESTIONS MOUNT OVER HOW THIS
COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
THE FALLOUT AS MORE GROUPS
SUSPEND OPERATIONS IN THE
REGION.>>> TORNADO OUTBREAK,
TWISTERS CARVING A PATH OF
DESTRUCTION IN THE CENTRAL
U.S., 37 MILLION AMERICANS FROM
NEW ORLEANS TO CLEVELAND UNDER
THE THREAT OF MORE STORMS.
IN KENTUCKY, A MAN THROWN TO
THE GROUND AS STRONG WINDS WHIP
THROUGH THE STATE, IN INDIANA,
STORMS BLOWING OUT THIS WOMAN'S
WINDOWS WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING.
AND A NOR'EASTER TARGETING THE
EAST COAST, BRINGING TORRENTIAL
RAIN AND MORE THAN A FOOT OF
SNOW
>>> UNDERWATER DISASTER, THE
FIRST LOOK OF SONAR IMAGES
SHOWING THE MASSIVE DEBRIS
FIELD AFTER BALTIMORE'S DEADLY
BRIDGE COLLAPSE, THE CHALLENGE
FOR ENGINEERS AS THEY GET A
CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT LIES
BENEATH THE FOOT SURFACE.
>>> SEARCHING FOR MISSING
MOTHERS, INVESTIGATORS LEFT
PUZZLED, THESE TWO WOMEN
VANISHED ON THE WAY TO PICK UP
THEIR CHILDREN, THE SUSPICIOUS
CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THEIR
DISAPPEARANCE.>>> AND BOY
VERSUS GATOR, THE JAW-DROPPING
VIDEO OF THE BOY TAPING THE
ANIMALS MOUTH SHUT.>>> PLUS,
MISSING THE BOAT, EIGHT
PASSENGERS INCLUDING A PREGNANT
WOMAN AND SOME ELDERLY STRANDED
ON AN AFRICAN ISLAND AFTER THE
CREW SHIP LEFT WITHOUT THEM,
THE DREAM CRUISE QUICKLY
TURNING INTO A NIGHTMARE AFTER
THEY RETURNED LATE FROM A
PRIVATE EXCURSION, THE GROUP
FORCED TO TRAVEL THROUGH
MULTIPLE COUNTRIES TO
EVENTUALLY CATCH UP TO THE
BOAT.
WHO IS TO BLAME?>>> AND IMAGINE
HAVING THE RIGHT TO IGNORE
EMAILS AND CALLS FROM YOUR BOSS
AND YOU ARE OFF THE CLOCK, ONE
CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS WORKING TO
MAKE THAT A REALITY, THE FINDS
HE IS PROPOSING IF COMPANIES DO
NOT RESPECT YOUR RIGHT TO
DISCONNECT.
TOP STORY STARTS RIGHT NOW
>>> GOOD EVENING, TONIGHT AS WE
COME ON THE AIR, SEVERE STORMS ARE TRIGGERING TORNADO WARNINGS
ARE TRIGGERING TORNADO WARNINGS
IN THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE
VALLEYS, WE ARE GOING TO GET TO
THAT IN A MOMENT, BUT FIRST
THAT DEVASTATING NEWS OVERSEAS,
GROWING OUTRAGE AFTER ISRAELI
AIR STRIKES KILL AID WORKERS
WITH WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN.
THE U.S.-BASED NONPROFIT SAYS
IT'S TEAM WAS TRAVELING IN GAZA
USING ARMORED CARS, WHEN IT WAS
STRUCK.
THE BOMBINGS KILLING SEVEN AID
WORKERS, THE VICTIMS BRITISH,
POLISH, AUSTRALIAN, PALESTINIAN
AND DUAL U.S. CANADIAN CITIZEN,
ALL WORKING THE WAR-TORN REGION
TO FEED THOSE IN NEED.
A CHEF AND FOUNDER, JOSE ANDRES
RELEASING THIS STATEMENT, THE
ISRAELI GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO
STOP THIS INDISCRIMINATE
KILLING, IT NEEDS TO STOP
RESTRICTING HUMANITARIAN AID,
STOP KILLING CIVILIANS AND AID
WORKERS.
THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT ISSUING
AN APOLOGY SAYING THE STRIKE
WAS UNINTENTIONAL AND VOWING A
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION.
SOME ARE SAYING IT IS NOT
ENOUGH, THE ATTACK FORCING THE
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN TO CEASE
SHIPS CARRYING AID AND FOOD,
NOW TURNING BACK.
THE WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN HAS
MADE HEADLINE AFTER HEADLINE
FOR ITS WORK IN GAZA AND OTHER
AREAS HIT BY DISASTER.
THE GROUP NOTABLY FORCED TO GET
SHIPMENTS TO THE REGION BY SEA,
ALL OF THIS AS PRIME MINISTER
NETANYAHU FACES OUTRAGE IN
ISRAEL, AS THE HOSTAGES ARE
STILL CAPTURED IN GAZA.
THE VIDEO SHOWS PROTESTERS
OUTSIDE THE PRIME MINISTER'S
HOME >> Reporter: THE CONVOY OF
>> Reporter: THE CONVOY OF
VEHICLES JUST LAUGHED A -- LEFT
THE GAZA WAREHOUSE, WHEN THEY
WERE HIT BY A SERIES OF ISRAELI
AIR STRIKES.
TONIGHT, THE WHITE HOUSE
SHARPLY CRITICIZING ISRAEL.
>> WE WERE OUTRAGED TO LEARN OF
THE STRIKE THAT KILLED A NUMBER
OF CIVILIAN AND HUMANITARIAN
WORKERS YESTERDAY, THIS
INCIDENT IS EMBLEMATIC OF A
LARGER PROBLEM.>> Reporter:
SEVEN AID WORKERS WERE KILLED,
LATE TODAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN CALLING WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN
CALLING WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN
FOUNDER, JOSE ANDRES TO OFFER
CONDOLENCES.
WRITING, THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT
NEEDS TO STOP THIS
INDISCRIMINATE KILLING.
IT NEEDS TO STOP RESTRICTING
HUMANITARIAN AID, STOP KILLING
CIVILIANS AND AID WORKERS AND
STOP USING FOOD AS A WEAPON.
THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER,
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYING THIS
HAS UNINTENTIONALLY HARMED
NONCOMBATANTS IN WRITING, OUR
HEARTS GO OUT TO THEIR
FAMILIES, SAYING ISRAEL WILL
INVESTIGATE AND WE WILL DO
EVERY THING IN OUR POWER TO
ENSURE THAT SUCH TRAGEDIES DO
NOT OCCUR IN THE FUTURE.
NBC NEWS MAPPED THE LOCATIONS
OF THE GROUPS DESTROYED
VEHICLES, FINDING AT LEAST
THREE STRIKES OVER A MILE AND A
HALFLENGTH OF COASTAL ROAD.
THE AID GROUP SAID THEY
COORDINATED THEIR MOVEMENTS
WITH THE ISRAELI MILITARY AHEAD
OF TIME.
WE PRESSED AN ISRAELI
GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN.
>> ISRAEL TELLS THE WORLD THAT
IT'S STRIKES ARE BASED ON
PRECISE, INTELLIGENCE, THAT IT
TAKES MEASURES TO MAKE SURE
THERE ARE NOT CIVILIANS IN THE
AREA.
HOW CAN THAT POSSIBLY BE TRUE
GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED HERE?
>> IT IS A WAR ZONE AND IN
EVERY WAR, SADLY, TRAGICALLY
MISTAKES HAPPEN, AND WE DO OUR
VERY UTMOST TO AVOID THOSE
MISTAKES.>> Reporter: AMONG
THOSE KILLED YESTERDAY, AN
AUSTRALIAN, SHE HELPED TO
ORGANIZE AN AID DROP.
>> THE SITUATION IN GAZA IS
INCREDIBLY BAD.
IT IS GOING TO REQUIRE ALL OF
US WORKING TOGETHER.>>
Reporter: HER FAMILY SAYING SHE
LEAVES BEHIND A LEGACY OF
COMPASSION AND BRAVERY AND
LOVE.
TONIGHT, HEARTBROKEN COLLEAGUES
CARRYING THE BODIES OF THE
VICTIMS TO THE EGYPTIAN BORDER.
PREPARING TO LEAVE GAZA WITH
THE PRAYERS OF THOSE THEY CAME
TO HELP.>> I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME
NEW REPORTING TONIGHT ABOUT THE
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN AND THE
AID WORKERS WHO POTENTIALLY
CAME UNDER ATTACK EVEN BEFORE
THE BOMBING.
>> THAT IS RIGHT, TWO DAYS
BEFORE THE DEADLY AIR STRIKE,
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN SAYS IT
BELIEVES ONE OF ITS VEHICLES
WAS SHOT AT BY AN ISRAELI
SNIPER, THEY SAY A BULLET
DAMAGED A WING MIRROR, NOBODY
WAS HURT BUT OBVIOUSLY THE AID
ORGANIZATION VERY ALARMED, THEY
FILED A REPORT TO THE ISRAELI
MILITARY ABOUT IT.
WE REACHED OUT TO THE IDF
TONIGHT, AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE
A RESPONSE.>> DO YOU KNOW HOW
THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT AID
GETTING INTO GAZA MOVING
FORWARD?>> THIS IS LIKELY TO
HAVE A REALLY SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT, TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE,
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN WAS THE
BACKBONE OF THIS PLAN TO GET
MORE AID INTO GAZA BY SEA.
THAT PLAN NOW COMPLETELY IN
LIMBO AS WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN
SUSPENDS ITS OPERATIONS IN
GAZA, MORE BROADLY, THE ISRAELI
MILITARY NEEDS HUMANITARIAN
PARTNERS LIKE THE U.N., LIKE
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN, AND THIS
IS RAISING REAL CONCERNS ABOUT
WHETHER IT IS SAFE FOR THOSE WHO
OPERATE INSIDE OF GAZA, THE
U.N. SAYING THIS DEADLY AIR
STRIKE WAS NOT AN ISOLATED
INCIDENT.
AROUND 200 AID WORKERS, MOST OF
THEM PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN
KILLED IN GAZA SINCE THE START
OF THE WAR.
THE U.N. SAYS THAT IS A TOLL THAT ABSOLUTELY SHATTERS
THAT ABSOLUTELY SHATTERS
PREVIOUS RECORDS.>> RAF SANCHEZ
FOR US TONIGHT, THANK YOU.
FOR MORE ON THIS TRAGEDY, I'M
JOINED BY JOSH PHELPS, THE
FORMER DIRECTOR OF RELIEF
OPERATIONS AT WORLD CENTRAL
KITCHEN AND A FORMER COLLEAGUE
OF ONE OF THE SEVEN AID WORKERS
KILLED IN THE STRIKE.
FIRST OFF, I'M SO SORRY FOR
YOUR LOSS, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT
YOU ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT
NOW.
I KNOW YOU HAD REMAINED FRIENDS
SINCE YOU WERE TOGETHER IN
HAITI.
HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THE
NEWS AND WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR
MIND?>> MY BUDDY SENT ME AN
INSTRUMENT POST AND CALLED ME
AT THE SAME TIME, TALKING ABOUT
THE BODY BACKS YESTERDAY AROUND
5:30.>> WHAT WAS THAT MOMENT
LIKE FOR YOU?>> SHOCKING,
DEVASTATING, I WAS WITH MY MOM
DOWN IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. A LOT OF PEOPLE KNEW HER, OUR
A LOT OF PEOPLE KNEW HER, OUR
FRIENDS AND FAMILY, BUT
CONSIDERING WHETHER OR NOT THEY
SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE, THIS IS
A LOT TO PROCESS.>> JOSH, WHAT
WAS SHE LIKE?
WHAT COMPELLED HER TO GO INTO A
PLACE LIKE GAZA AND RISK HER
LIFE TO HELP THESE PEOPLE?>>
SHE WANTED TO HELP PEOPLE AND
MAKE HER LIFE ABOUT TRAVELING
THE WORLD, HELPING PEOPLE.
AND SHE JOINED THE WORLD
CENTRAL KITCHEN IN 2018 IN
GUATEMALA AND WAS PROMOTED VERY
EARLY, YOU KNOW, JUST SUPER
EXCITED ABOUT MAKING IT OVER
THERE, WHERE HER FAMILY AND
FRIENDS ARE.
SHE WAS COMPELLED TO GO
ANYWHERE, BUT WHAT IS
TROUBLESOME, THE MANAGEMENT
DIDN'T STOP HER FROM GOING.
SHE WASN'T A VOLUNTEER, SHE WAS
AN EMPLOYEE, SO AS WE ARE
GREETING, WE NEED TO HOPE THAT
THE ORGANIZATION TAKES A STEP
BACK AND DOES A REVIEW OF WHAT
THEY ARE DOING WITH THESE
PEOPLE, TO MAKE THE WORLD AN
ORGANIZATION PROUD TO SERVE
PEOPLE.
>> YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR FIRST
ANSWER, AND YOU SAID IT AGAIN,
I THINK IT IS FAIR TO ASK YOU
ABOUT THIS, ARE YOU ESSENTIALLY
SAYING YOU MIGHT BE UPSET THAT
SHE AND THE OTHER AID WORKERS
FOR WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN WERE
ALLOWED TO OPERATE IN GAZA
WHICH WAS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS?
>> OF COURSE.
THEY HAVE SO MANY KITCHENS SET
UP, WHY DID THEY NEED MEMBERS
OF THE COURT TEAM THERE?
THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WILL
BE ASKED AND I KNOW EVERYONE
FEELS TERRIBLE, AND YOU KNOW,
IT IS A VOLUNTEER DRIVEN
ORGANIZATION IN MANY WAYS, BUT
SHE WAS NOT ABOUT BEING A
VOLUNTEER, THEY WERE MEMBERS OF
THE POLICE TEAM THAT WERE WITH
THEM.
>> WHY DO YOU THINK THAT
DECISION WAS MADE?
DO YOU THINK IT WAS BECAUSE THE
NEED WAS SO GREAT THAT THEY
NEEDED PEOPLE FROM THE
ORGANIZATION THERE?
>> I DON'T KNOW, THAT IS THE BIG QUESTION.
BIG QUESTION.
I HOPE WE GET AN ANSWER TO THAT.
BUT I DO THINK IT IS SOMETHING
THAT WE NEED TO START TALKING
ABOUT.
>> RICHARD ENGEL SPOKE LAST
MONTH ABOUT THE HUMANITARIAN
CRISIS IN GAZA, WE HAVE MORE
FROM THAT INTERVIEW.>> THE
SITUATION IN GAZA IS INCREDIBLY
BAD, IT IS GOING TO REQUIRE ALL
OF US WORKING TOGETHER, MAKING
EFFORTS IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.
OVERLAND, BY SEA, WHATEVER IT
IS WE CAN DO, THE WORLD CENTRAL
KITCHEN WILL DO THAT
>> I MET A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN AND HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT
WITH SOME OF THE TEAMS IN
UKRAINE.
INCREDIBLE WORK ALL AROUND THE
WORLD, AND IT IS INTERESTING, YOU MENTIONED YOU MET HER FROM
YOU MENTIONED YOU MET HER FROM
GUATEMALA, THEN HAITI, AND ALL
THESE OTHER COUNTRIES.
IT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT
THE WORKERS OF WORLD CENTRAL
KITCHEN ARE NOT COWBOYS, THEY
DO NOT GO OUT THERE BECAUSE
THEY ARE THRILL SEEKERS, THEY
PERSONALLY WANT TO HELP PEOPLE
GET IS THAT THE TYPE OF PERSON
SHE WAS AS WELL? >> ABSOLUTELY, SHE WAS LL
>> ABSOLUTELY, SHE WAS LL
ABOUT SERVICE, MAINLY IN
GUATEMALA, AND THAT IMMEDIATE
IMPACT YOU PEOPLE IN DIRE NEED,
YOU KNOW, JUST TODAY, THE
IMMIGRATION LAWYER WAS DOING
WORK WITH WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN
AND OTHERWISE, I THINK AS HARD
AS IT IS TODAY, THE THOUGHT
THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE
CELEBRATING HER LIFE, LOOKING
FORWARD TO HER HOMECOMING AND
HER FAMILY, IT IS AFFECTING SO MANY LIVES.>> JOSH PHELPS, A
MANY LIVES.>> JOSH PHELPS, A
FRIEND, WE APPRECIATE YOUR
TIME, AND I'M SORRY ABOUT YOUR
LOSS.
>>> OUR MAJOR HEADLINE, 57
MILLION PEOP AT RISK OF
ANOTHER NIGHT OF SEVERE
WEATHER, VIOLENT CONDITIONS
THROUGH THE MIDWEST, AT LEAST
NINE TORNADOES REPORTED IN THE
FLASH FLOODING THREAT
STRETCHING FROM INDIANA TO NEW
JERSEY.>> TONIGHT, DRENCHING
RAINS, HIGH WIND AND TORNADOES
WREAKING HAVOC.
THE DANGEROUS TRIO SPARKING A
STATE OF EMERGENCY IN KENTUCKY.
STRIKING SO FAST, THIS STUDENT
WAS KNOCKED OFF THEIR FEET.
THE MASSIVE STORM WHIPPING
THROUGH THIS MOBILE HOME, A
FAMILY TRAPPED INSIDE, BUT
SOMEHOW ABLE TO ESCAPE
UNHARMED.
SEVERE WEATHER BLASTING SEMI
TRUCKS OFF THE ROAD.>> IT
PICKED IT UP AND MOVED IT DOWN
THE ROAD, IT SOUNDED LIKE HE
WAS GRINDING AGAINST THE
BLACKTOP.>> IN OKLAHOMA, THE
SAME SYSTEM WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MULTIPLE TORNADOES.
MULTIPLE TORNADOES.
>> IT WAS HAMMERING THE WIND
INSIDE THE HOUSE, IT WAS CRAZY.
>> ONE REPORTED TWISTER SENT
DEBRIS EVERYWHERE AND IT IS
BLAMED FOR RIPPING OFF ROOFS
INCLUDING THE ONE BELONGING TO
SHARON, BUT FORTUNATELY NO
INJURIES.
>> I'M NOT AFRAID OF STORMS,
BUT I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO SCARED
IN MY LIFE.>> IN ILLINOIS, AN
APPARENT TORNADO TOUCHING DOWN.
IN INDIANA, ANOTHER CLOSE
CALL.>> THERE WAS GLASS HITTING
MY HEAD, AND WHATEVER, STILL
MUD BEHIND MY EARS.>> SHE HEARD
THE TORNADO WARNING SECONDS
BEFORE THE STORM SHATTERED
EVERY WINDOW IN HER CAR YET SHE
WALKED AWAY WITHOUT EVEN A
SCRATCH.
AND IN MISSOURI, FIREFIGHTERS
BRAVING THE ELEMENTS TO RESCUE
A DELIVERY DRIVER TRAPPED BY
RISING WATERS.>> HE WAS IN HIS
TRUCK AND THE WATER COMES UP SO
FAST, THAT HE GOT STRANDED, SO
WE HAD TO RESCUE HIM BY BOAT.>>
BACK IN OKLAHOMA, AFTER A
FRIGHTENING NIGHT OF TORNADOES,
THE RUSH IS ON TO MOVE ON.>> WE
ALL HAVE TO HELP ONE ANOTHER IN
THIS TIME OF NEED.>> Reporter:
I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WHEN YOU
SEE THE DAMAGE THAT THIS
COMMUNITY SUFFERED FROM, IT IS
INCREDIBLE THAT NOBODY WAS
INJURED AND ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE
WAS ACCOUNTED FOR BY
AUTHORITIES WHO WENT DOOR-TO
DOOR OVERNIGHT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEIR TOWN WAS WHOLE AS A
RESULT OF THIS INCREDIBLY
FRIGHTENING OVERNIGHT STORM.
I HAD THE CHANCE TO SPEAK TO
ONE RESIDENT WHO TOLD ME THAT
HE WAS INSIDE A BUILDING JUST
MINUTES BEFORE THE STORM
STRUCK, IT LATER CAUSED THE
BUILDING TO COLLAPSE AND HE
ECHOED SENTIMENT THAT WE HEARD
ACROSS THE ENTIRE TOWN AND THAT
IS THAT FORECASTERS REALLY DID
GO ABOVE AND BEYOND IN
CHANNELING THE PATH OF THE
STORM, PARTICULARLY THIS TORN
AT EXCEL THAT GAVE EVERYONE
PRESSURES MINUTES TO GET
UNDERGROUND AND TAKE SHELTER
WELL AHEAD OF WHEN THE TORNADO
STRUCK.>> WE APPRECIATE THAT.
FOR MORE ON THIS WEATHER THREAT
TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW,
MICHELLE GROSSMAN JOINS US NOW.
>> WE CONTINUE TO TRACK STRONG
STORMS TONIGHT AND WE WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF HOURS, ALSO TORNADO WARNINGS
IN THE RED, YOU NEED TO SEEK
SHELTER IF YOU'RE IN THIS SPOT.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT HEAVY
DOWNPOURS, 41 MILLION PEOPLE
UNDER A FLOOD WATCH FROM THE
OHIO VALLEY INTO THE NORTHEAST,
WE ARE LOOKING AT THREE TO FOUR
INCHES. COLD AIR IS GOING TO
WORK INTO THIS SYSTEM, WE HAVE
10 MILLION PEOPLE UNDER WINTER
ALERTS FROM THE GREAT LAKES, WE
HAVE WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES, EVEN
BLIZZARD WARNINGS IN APRIL.
WE ARE LOOKING AT PORTIONS OF
NEW ENGLAND COULD SEE UP TO A
FOOT AND A HALF OF SNOW IN SOME
SPOTS.
TONIGHT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
THE TORNADO THREAT, 53 MILLION
PEOPLE AT RISK, AND VERY LARGE
HAIL.>>> THANK YOU.
NOW TO THE LATEST ON THE DEADLY
BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN BALTIMORE,
NEW 3-D SODA ARE IMAGES JUST
RELEASED BY THE NAVY SHOWS THE
MANGLED MESS CREWS WILL NEED TO
DEAL WITH IN ORDER TO REOPEN
THE ROUTE.>> THESE IMAGES
PROVIDE THE FIRST FEW OF THE
BRIDGE NOW RESTING ON THE MUDDY
BOTTOM OF THE RIVER POINT
>> WHAT WE SEE IN THE WATER IS
THAT THE WRECKAGE HAS BEEN
COMPLETELY COLLAPSED, SOME
PEOPLE USE THE TERM PANCAKE.>>
THE RAZOR SHARP METAL, THE DIVE
TEAM WILL BE FACING AS THEY
DIVE INTO THE WATER.
IT IS SO CLOUDY AND DARK,
DIVERS CAN ONLY SEE A FOOT OR
TWO IN FRONT OF THEM, SHINING A
LIGHT, SO IT REFLECTS BACK,
MAKING PHOTOS OR VIDEO NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE.
>> THAT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT
TO EVEN DETERMINE WHERE TO CUT
AND HOW TO CUT, IT IS VERY
DANGEROUS FOR OUR DIVERS TO GO
INTO THIS AREA
>> ABOVE WATER SALVAGE TEAMS
HAVE BEEN USING TORCHES TO CUT
AND REMOVE MASSIVE CHUNKS OF
THE BRIDGE, SOME WEIGHING 200
TONS, AFTER THE COAST GUARD
OPENED TWO SMALL CHANNELS,
MOSTLY FOR TUGBOATS AND BARGES.
THE MASSIVE SCALE OF THE
CLEANUP COMING INTO CLEAR
FOCUS.
TWO SBA DISASTER OFFICES NOW
OPEN FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES,
THREATENED BY THE DISASTER.
AS THE GOVERNOR PRESSES
CORPORATE AMERICA NOT TO GIVE
UP ON THIS REGION'S CRITICAL
ECONOMIC ARTERY.
>> MAKING SURE THESE BUSINESSES
KNOW THAT WE NEED THEM, WE WANT
THEM AND THEY HAVE TO STAY HERE
IN THE PORT OF BALTIMORE.>> TOM
COSTELLO JOINS US FROM
WASHINGTON.
YOU MENTIONED THESE DIVE TEAMS
WILL BE CUTTING THROUGH THAT
DEBRIS UNDER THE WATER
>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT,
BUT THEY CAN'T DO IT RIGHT AWAY
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY
VISIBILITY, LITERALLY THEY
CANNOT SEE A FOOT OR MORE PAST
THEMSELVES.
THIS IS GOING TO BE SUCH A
VERY, VERY DANGEROUS JOB
UNDERWATER.
BUT THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO USE
UNDERWATER TORCHES TO CUT THE
METAL DOWN
>> AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
SOME OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THIS
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT COULD NOT BE
FOUND IS BECAUSE OF VISIBILITY,
YOU WERE MENTIONING, DO WE KNOW
WHERE THE SEARCH STANDS FOR
THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL
MISSING?>> THEY HAD TO SUSPEND
OPERATIONS AGAIN TODAY, BECAUSE
IT WAS SO DANGEROUS AND THE
WEATHER WAS NOT COOPERATING.
AND THOSE FOUR WORKERS REMAIN
MISSING IN THE WATER.>> THANK
YOU.
>>> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP
HITTING THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
ACROSS THE MIDWEST TODAY,
TAKING HIS HARD-LINE MESSAGE ON
IMMIGRATION IN WISCONSIN AND
MICHIGAN AFTER A GRAND RAPIDS
WOMAN WAS ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY
AN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT.
>> TONIGHT, FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP ON A BATTLEGROUND BLITZ
WITH THIS RALLY IN GREEN BAY,
WISCONSIN.
THIS STOP IN GRAND RAPIDS,
MICHIGAN, THOSE STATES
PRESIDENT BIDEN NARROWLY WON
FOUR YEARS AGO, MR. TRUMP
ZEROING IN ON THE BORDER
CRISIS, HIGHLIGHTING THE MURDER
OF 25 YARD, RUBY GARCIA LAST
MONTH.
AUTHORITIES SAY THE SUSPECT,
HER ROMANTIC PARTNER IS AN
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT WHO WAS
PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED DURING THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.>> NOT ONE MORE INNOCENT LIFE SHOULD BE
MORE INNOCENT LIFE SHOULD BE
LOST TO VIOLENT IMMIGRANT CRIME.
>> UNDER THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, WE HAD A TOUGH
POLICY OF GETTING THE BAD
PEOPLE OUT.>> A SURVEY SHOWS
64% OF AMERICANS DISAPPROVE OF
PRESIDENT BIDEN'S HANDLING OF
THE BORDER INCLUDING THREE IN
10 DEMOCRATS.>> BUT, STUDIES
SUGGEST MIGRANTS STILL COMMIT
CRIMES AT HIGHER RATES THAN
AMERICAN CITIZENS AND DEMOCRATS
ARGUE MR. TRUMP IS TRYING TO
EXPLOIT GARCIA'S DEATH.
THEY BLAME THE FORMER PRESIDENT
FOR KILLING A BIPARTISAN BORDER
SECURITY BILL IN CONGRESS.
THESE BILLBOARDS ARE GOING UP
IN THE CRUCIAL SWING STATE.>>
DONALD TRUMP HAS NOT WASTED ANY TIME IN GRANDSTANDING AND
TIME IN GRANDSTANDING AND
CLAMORING FOR THE CAMERA TO
COME HERE.
>> THE FORMER PRESIDENT ALSO
FIGHTING LEGAL BATTLES ON
MULTIPLE FRONTS, THE JUDGE IN
HIS HUSH MONEY TRIAL JUST
EXPANDED A GAG ORDER AGAINST
MR. TRUMP TO INCLUDE THE
RELATIVES OF THE COURT STAFF
AFTER MR. TRUMP ON SOCIAL MEDIA
ATTACKED THE JUDGE'S ADULT
DAUGHTER.
MEANWHILE, MR. TRUMP JUST
POSTED A REDUCED $175 MILLION
BOND IN HIS NEW YORK CIVIL
FRAUD CASE.
PREVENTING HIS PROPERTIES FROM
BEING SEIZED WHILE HE APPEALS
THE CASE.
>> I HAD TO PUT UP A BOND THIS
MORNING FOR $175 MILLION, I DID
NOTHING WRONG.>> Reporter: AT
THE WHITE HOUSE, PRESIDENT
BIDEN SPOKE WITH CHINESE
PRESIDENT, XI JINPING FOR ONE
HOUR AND 45 MINUTES, THE WHITE
HOUSE CALLING THE CONVERSATION
CANDID AND CONSTRUCTIVE.
AMONG THE TOPICS, TIKTOK,
PRESIDENT BIDEN REITERATING
CONCERNS OF THE APPS TIES TO
CHINA.>>> WE WANT TO TURN TO
THE BATTLE FOR FLORIDA, THERE
WAS A TIME IN THIS COUNTRY WHEN
THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
RAN THROUGH THE SUNSHINE STATE.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> IF YOU JUST STAYED WITH
THESE SIMPLE BOARDS, YOU
WOULDN'T HAVE THOSE PROBLEMS,
THIS IS THE ANSWER, GET IT
RIGHT.>> THAT WAS OUR DEAR LATE
COLLEAGUE TALKING ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF FLORIDA IN THE
2000 ELECTION WITH THAT ICONIC
WHITEBOARD YOU MAY REMEMBER.
BUT IN THE 24 YEARS SINCE,
TIMES HAVE CHANGED, FLORIDA
COMING A REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLD.
HE AND HIS FELLOW REPUBLICANS
HAVE WON THE TABLE IN THE MAJOR
STATEWIDE RACE, AS YOU CAN SEE
RIGHT THERE.
BUT, A RULING THIS WEEK MAY
THROW A WRENCH IN THAT WINNING
STREAK, THE COURT ALLOWED A SIX
WEEK ABORTION BAN TO TAKE
EFFECT, BUT ALSO AGREED A
BALLOT MEASURE TO ENSHRINE
ABORTION RIGHTS IN THE STATE'S
CONSTITUTION, GETTING DEMOCRATS
ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES IN
24, TO PUT FLORIDA BACK IN PLAY.
PLAY.
BUT A NEW MEMO, THE BIDEN
CAMPAIGN SAYS FLORIDA IS
WINNABLE THIS YEAR, IT READS,
PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE
PRESIDENT HARRIS AND THEIR
COMMITMENT TO FIGHTING BACK
AGAINST DONALD TRUMP AND RICK
SCOTT ATTACK ON REPRODUCTIVE
FREEDOM WILL HELP MOBILIZE AND
EXPAND THE ELECTORATE IN THE
STATE.
COULD WE BE GOING BACK TO THE
GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN FLORIDA,
FLORIDA, FLORIDA COULD DECIDE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS?
JULIA MANCHESTER IS A NATIONAL
POLITICS REPORTER, NIKKI FRIED,
CHAIR OF THE FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC
PARTY AND CARLOS BELL, THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE.
NIKKI, I'M GOING TO START WITH
YOU, DO YOU THINK FLORIDA IS
WINNABLE FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN?>>
WITHOUT A DOUBT, WE ARE GOING
TO GO BACK TO THAT WHITEBOARD.
REALLY SINCE THE LAST YEAR AND
A HALF, WE HAVE SEEN THIS TREND
OF BUILDING A WIDE COALITION OF
DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS,
INDEPENDENCE THAT ARE
FRUSTRATED WITH THE EXTREME
LACK OF POLICIES THAT HAVE COME
OUT OF TALLAHASSEE.
NOW THAT WE HAVE ABORTION ON
THE BALLOT, IT IS GOING TO BE A
REFERENDUM OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED
IN TALLAHASSEE BUT ALSO
UPHOLDING THE REPUBLICAN
LEGISLATURE THAT PASSED THIS
ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL AS DONALD
TRUMP WHO MADE THIS ALL
POSSIBLE.>> CARLOS, YOU ARE A
RESIDENT EXPERT WHEN IT COMES
TO FLORIDA, IS THIS FOR REAL OR
IS THIS A BIDEN FAKE TO GET
PEOPLE TO SPEND CASH IN
FLORIDA?>> IT IS TRUE LIKE IN
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, IT IS
A LIABILITY FOR REPUBLICANS IN
THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND I DO
THINK THIS COULD HAVE AN
IMPACT, I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE
ENOUGH TO TILT THE STATE FROM
BECOMING A RELIABLY RED STATE
AS IT HAS OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS INTO BEING A STATE WHERE
PRESIDENT BIDEN CAN WIN, AT
LEAST NOT WHERE THINGS STAND
TODAY.
CERTAINLY, THIS GIVES DEMOCRATS
A PATH TO RELEVANCE, IT GIVES
THEM A REASON TO GET THE BASE
MOTIVATED AND I DO THINK IT
COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE
BALLOT.
>> JULIA, WE TALK ABOUT THE
IMPACT THIS BALLOT MEASURE
COULD HAVE IN FLORIDA, WE THINK
ABOUT OTHER STATES, EVEN LIKE
KANSAS, WHERE IT HAS HAD AN
EFFECT.
DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO
HAPPEN IN 2024 IN NOVEMBER?
>> IT VERY WELL COULD AND IF
YOU LOOK AT THE PAST STATE
ELECTIONS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO
MUCH FURTHER BACK THAN ALABAMA
LAST WEEK WHEN WE SAW THE STATE
HOUSE RACE REALLY FLIP IN THAT
DEEP RED STATE BECAUSE OF THE
CAMPAIGN ON ABORTION.
IT IS VERY WELL POSSIBLE, BUT
IT IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF
ORGANIZATION FROM DEMOCRATS TO
REALLY BUILD BACK UP AND I
THINK TALKING TO REPUBLICANS
OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS,
IT HAS SOMEWHAT TAKEN THEM OFF
GUARD.
I THINK THEY THOUGHT THAT
FLORIDA FOR THE RACES AND IN
2024 OTHER IT IS THE SENATE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE, THAT THIS
WAS ESSENTIALLY IN THE BAG FOR
THEM.
WHILE THEY DO HAVE AN
ADVANTAGE, DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO BE
FORCED TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO
FLORIDA, AND MAYBE THAT MEANS
SPENDING MORE MONEY IN FLORIDA
AND HAVING TO ALLOCATE THOSE
NATIONAL RESOURCES DIFFERENTLY.
SO, I THINK THIS CERTAINLY WILL
PLAY A ROLE.
AND I COULD SEE FLORIDA GOING
THE PATH OF OHIO, VERY SIMILAR
STATE AND THAT IT WAS ONCE A
VERY RELIABLY SWING STATE, NOW
IT IS MORE RED.
I COULD SEE FLORIDA POTENTIALLY
ENSHRINING ABORTION RIGHTS IN
ITS CONSTITUTION.
>> I DO HAVE TO ASK BECAUSE YOU
ARE THE INDEPENDENT VOICE, THE
KNOCK ON DEMOCRATS IS THAT THEY
WERE NOT AS ORGANIZED IN
FLORIDA, THEY LOST THEIR FOCUS
ON PLACES LIKE MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY AND THAT IS THE REASON
WHY REPUBLICANS WERE ABLE TO
MAKE INROADS.
THE CLOCK IS TICKING, CAN YOU
FIRE THAT BACKUP IN TIME FOR
THE ELECTION?
>> FULL DISCLOSURE, I AM FROM
FLORIDA AS WELL, BUT, YOU KNOW,
I WAS TALKING WITH THE CHAIR
EARLIER TODAY AND SHE WAS
TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS BEGAN
YEARS AGO.
IN 2018, WHEN THEY REALLY
STARTED TO BUILD BACK UP, AND
WE HAVE SEEN THAT EVEN THOUGH
THEY LOST SOME HOUSES SEATS IN
RECENT ELECTIONS, THERE HAS
BEEN AN EFFORT TO ORGANIZE AND
PART OF THAT EFFORT CAN BE SEEN
IN THE MEASURE THAT WILL BE ON
THE BALLOT, THAT IS A RESULT OF
IT.
IN TERMS OF, CAN THEY GEAR UP
IN TIME, I THINK POTENTIALLY.
BUT, IT IS GOING TO BE AN
UPHILL CLIMB, WE KNOW RICK
SCOTT IS A VERY FORMIDABLE
OPPONENT, DONALD TRUMP, RON
DESANTIS, THE REPUBLICAN
MACHINE IS VERY STRONG IN
FLORIDA.>> CHAIR FRIED, YOU
HAVE THE STAGE, ARE YOU
ORGANIZED IN FLORIDA?
>> YES, WE ARE, I TOOK OVER AS
CHAIR LAST YEAR AND ACTUALLY
TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE THE ONE
YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF ME BEING
ARRESTED ON ABORTION RIGHTS, I
WAS PROTESTING OUTSIDE OF THE
CAPITAL.
AND WE ARE SEEING THAT ENERGY
AND MOMENTUM EVERYWHERE WE GO
AND WHETHER IT IS RED AREAS,
RURAL AREAS OR CONSISTENT BLUE
AREAS, WE ARE ORGANIZING, WE
ARE MOTIVATING, WE ARE
MOTIVATING OUR GRASSROOTS
VOLUNTEERS.
AND WE ARE SEEING AN IMPACT
BECAUSE THE OTHER THING IS, NOT
JUST ABOUT ABORTION, BUT HAS
BECOME THE MOST UNAFFORDABLE
STATE IN THE NATION WITH THE
HIGHEST INFLATION, THREE TIMES
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
THE EXTREME MEASURES THAT HAVE
BEEN COMING OUT OF TALLAHASSEE,
WHETHER IT IS GOING AFTER
LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT IS
GOING AFTER THE ENVIRONMENT AND
NOW OF COURSE REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH CARE, PEOPLE IN THE
STATE OF FLORIDA, DEMOCRATS,
REPUBLICANS AND INDEPENDENTS
ARE FRUSTRATED WITH THE TYPE OF
LEADERSHIP THAT IS COMING OUT
OF TALLAHASSEE WHERE THEY ARE
GOING TO HOLD REPUBLICANS AND
RON DESANTIS AS WELL AS RICK
SCOTT ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE MESS
HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.>>
WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE
GOVERNOR'S MANSION, IT HAS BEEN
A LONG TIME SINCE A DEMOCRAT
WAS ELECTED, I WANT TO ASK YOU,
ARE REPUBLICANS STILL INVESTED,
ARE THEY NOT TAKING FLORIDA FOR
GRANTED THIS TIME AROUND?
>> REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN VERY
AGGRESSIVE ABOUT GROWING IN
THIS STATE AND THE NUMBERS SHOW
THEY HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY
SUCCESSFUL, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THE VOTER LEGISLATION
NUMBERS AND SPECIFICALLY IN THE
HISPANIC COMMUNITY, YOU
MENTIONED MIAMI-DADE COUNTY,
BUT CENTRAL FLORIDA,
REPUBLICANS HAVE MADE MAJOR
INROADS AND NOW THAT HAS TURNED
THE STATE MORE RELIABLY RED, SO
I DO THINK, WHAT IS MOST LIKELY
TO HAPPEN IS THAT THIS ABORTION
BALLOT LANGUAGE WILL LIKELY
PASS WITH OVER 60% OF THE VOTE
BUT, DONALD TRUMP WILL STILL
LIKELY CARRY THE STATE.
SOME OF THE STATE LEGISLATURES
WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
SIX WEEK BAN, THEY HAVE TO BE
CAREFUL BECAUSE IT CAN BE
HARMFUL.>> IT IS AT LEAST PINK,
IT IS DEFINITELY NO LONGER A
PURPLE STATE, IT IS VERY HARD
TO MAKE THAT CASE, WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THE VOTER REGISTRATION
NUMBERS, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE FACTS, ALL OF THE STATEWIDE
ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE
REPUBLICANS.
THIS IS A RED STATE, DEMOCRATS
CAN STILL COMPETE HERE, THIS
GIVES THEM SOME MOMENTUM AND AN
OPENING BUT THEY HAVE A TOUGH
HILL TO CLIMB.
>> WHAT IS YOUR PITCH TO
DEMOCRATS TO INVEST IN FLORIDA
WHEN YOU HEAR THOSE FACTS?>>
FLORIDA IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR,
WE ARE THE BELLY OF THE BEAST
WHEN IT COMES TO EXTREMISM, IF
YOU WANT TO PROTECT DEMOCRACY
IN THE SOUL OF THE NATION, YOU
HAVE TO COME TO FLORIDA.
WE ARE STILL IN A MOMENT,
REALLY GETTING TO THIS POINT
WHERE NOW WE HAVE ABORTION ON
THE BALLOT, SO FLORIDA IS IN
PLAY, DON'T COUNT FLORIDA OUT,
AND JOIN US.>> CARLOS CURBELO,
ALWAYS A PLEASURE, JULIA
MANCHESTER, ALWAYS A FAN OF MY
FELLOW FLORIDIANS, THANK YOU SO
MUCH TONIGHT.
STILL AHEAD, THE SEARCH FOR TWO
KANSAS MOMS WHO VANISHED, THEY
WERE REPORTED MISSING AFTER
THEY FAILED TO PICK UP THEIR
CHILDREN. PLUS, DRAMATIC VIDEO SHOWING A
PLUS, DRAMATIC VIDEO SHOWING A
DEADLY AVALANCHE IN SWITZERLAN
. AN AMERICAN TEENAGER AMONG
THOSE KILLED.
>>> AND EIGHT PASSENGERS ON A
NORWEGIAN CRUISE SHIP STRANDED
ON AN ISLAND AFTER THE COAST OF
AFRICA AFTER THEY FAILED TO GET
BACK TO THE SHIP ON TIME, THE
UPDATE ON WHERE THEY ARE NOW
RESPONSE ABILITY FOR WHAT IS
HAPPENING AT THE BORDER?>> IF
IT IS SUNDAY, IT IS MEET THE
PRESS.
>>> WE ARE BACK WITH A CRUISE
VACATION GONE TERRIBLY WRONG,
EIGHT PASSENGERS ON A NORWEGIAN
CRUISE STRANDED ON N ISLAND
OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL AFRICA
AFTER THEY FAILED TO RETURN THE
SHIP AT THE SCHEDULED CALL
TIME, THEY MISSED IT BY ABOUT
ONE HOUR, THOSE TRAVELERS
MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH SEVEN
COUNTRIES TO FINALLY MEET UP
WITH THE SHIP DAYS LATER.>>
Reporter: TONIGHT, A DREAM
VACATION TURNED INTO A
NIGHTMARE.
A GROUP OF CRUISE PASSENGERS
INCLUDING SOME WHO WERE ELDERLY
AND ONE WHO WAS PREGNANT
STRANDED ON A REMOTE ISLAND OFF
THE COAST OF AFRICA.>> THEY
DIDN'T COME BACK TO GET US SO
WE WERE STRANDED HERE.>> THE
EIGHT PASSENGERS, SIX AMERICANS
AND TWO AUSTRALIANS WERE ON THE
ISLAND NATION WHERE THEY WENT
ON A PRIVATE TOUR NOT ORGANIZED
BY THE CRUISE LINE.
JILL AND JAY CAMPBELL WERE
AMONG THOSE WHO WERE STRANDED,
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BACK
ON THE SHIP BY 3:00, BUT THEY
MISSED IT BY MORE THAN AN
HOUR.>> WE WERE ON A TOUR OF
THE ISLAND, THEY DIDN'T GET US
BACK IN TIME.>> THE TOUR GUIDE
ALERTED THE CREW AND THE COAST
GUARD EVEN TRIED TO GET THE
GROUP TO THE SHIP BUT THE
CRUISE LINE WOULD NOT LET THEM
ON BOARD.
THE NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE
SAYING IN A STATEMENT, WHILE
THIS IS A VERY UNFORTUNATE
SITUATION, GUESTS ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THEY
RETURN TO THE CHIP AT THE
PUBLISHED TIME, WHICH IS
COMMUNICATED BROADLY OVER THE
SHIP'S INTERCOM, IN THE DAILY
PRINT COMMUNICATION AND POSTED
JUST BEFORE EXITING THE
VESSEL.>> AFTER WHAT WE
WITNESSED, WE TRULY BELIEVE
THAT ALTHOUGH THERE IS A SET OF
RULES, POLICIES THAT THE SHIP MAY HAVE FOLLOWED, THEY
MAY HAVE FOLLOWED, THEY
FOLLOWED THEM TOO RIGIDLY.>>
THEY DELIVER THEIR PASSPORTS TO
LOCAL OFFICIALS, BUT MANY IN
THE GROUP SAY THEY WERE STILL
LEFT WITHOUT THEIR MONEY,
MEDICINE AND OTHER IMPORTANT
DOCUMENTS, AS THEY SET OFF TO
REJOIN THE CRUISE AT ANOTHER
PORT STOP.>> VERY DIFFICULT
PROCESS, YOU ARE DEALING WITH
MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, YOU ARE
DEALING WITH DIFFERENT
CURRENCIES, CURRENCY EXCHANGES,
FINDING SOMEBODY THAT EVEN HAS
DOLLARS.>> THEY TRAVELED
THROUGH SEVEN COUNTRIES IN 48
HOURS.
BUT THE BOAT COULD NOT DOCK DUE
TO THE WEATHER, AND THEY
ARRIVED IN SENEGAL.
DURING AN APPEARANCE ON THE
TODAY SHOW, THEY SAID THEY WERE
STARTING TO DOUBT CONTINUING
THEIR JOURNEY.
>> WE WERE CONSIDERING WHETHER
OR NOT WE WERE GOING TO BOARD
THE SHIP, WE BELIEVE THERE WAS
A BASIC CARE THAT THEY HAD
FORGOTTEN ABOUT.>> NORWEGIAN
SAID ALL EIGHT PASSENGERS DID
EVENTUALLY REBOARD THE SHIP AND
SENT DESPITE THE SERIES OF
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, WE WILL BE
REIMBURSING THESE EIGHT GUESTS
FOR THEIR TRAVEL COSTS FROM
GAMBIA.
THIS ISN'T THE ONLY TIME CRUISE
PASSENGERS HAVE FAILED TO
RETURN FOR THEIR SCHEDULED
TIME.
THE STRICT BOARDING TIMES
CAUSING SEVERAL RECENT VIRAL
MOMENTS OF PASSENGERS RUSHING
TO GET BACK ON BOARD.
CREWS INDUSTRY EXPERTS SAY
THERE ARE REAL REASONS WHY
SHOULD HAVE TO KEEP A TIGHT
SCHEDULE INCLUDING SAFETY
REQUIREMENTS AND THE TIMING OF
OTHER SHIPS COMING INTO THE
DOCK.
THAT IS ONE REASON WHY
PASSENGERS SHOULD BRING AN CARD
AND I.D.
IN CASE THEY MISS THE SHIP.
>> I WANT TO BRING IN STUART,
AN EXPERT ON ALL THINGS CRUISE
LINES AND CRUISE TRAVEL.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, GREAT
TO SEE YOU AGAIN, IS THIS
CRUISE SHIP IN THE WRONG
HERE?>> NO, ESSENTIALLY, YOU
MISS YOUR FLIGHT, THEY MISSED
THE SHIP, THERE'S NOT ANYTHING
I CAN TELL YOU, IT WAS PROBABLY
CLOSER TO THREE HOURS, WHEN YOU
TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, THE
PASSENGERS HAD TO BE IDENTIFIED
AS NOT HAVING RETURNED, THEY
HAD TO HAVE THE CREW GO TO THE
CABIN, SEARCH FOR AND RETRIEVE
ALL THEIR PASSPORTS, AND KEEP
IN MIND, THE SHIP WAS NOT
DOCKED, IT WAS ANCHORED
OFFSHORE.
THEY HAD TO GET THE PASSPORTS
TO THE AGENT WHICH IS LOCATED
ASHORE AND THE PASSENGERS WERE
STILL NOT THERE.>> THE BOAT IS
STILL THERE, YOU HAVE A WOMAN
WHO IS PREGNANT AND ELDERLY
PASSENGERS, COULDN'T THEY HAVE
JUST MADE AN EXCEPTION? >> KEEP IN MIND, THEY WERE WELL
>> KEEP IN MIND, THEY WERE WELL
PAST THEIR DEPARTURE TIME, THE
PLATFORMS, THE LARGE-SCALE
DOORS WERE ALREADY CLOSED, THIS
SHIP WAS JUST ABOUT READY TO
SAIL.
IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED TREMENDOUS
DELAYS, THE ONLY THING THEY
COULD HAVE DONE IS HAVE THESE
PASSENGERS CLIMB UP A WOODEN
LADDER THE PILOT DOES, WHICH
WOULD HAVE BEEN WAY TOO
DANGEROUS.
THERE'S A LOT OF SAFETY ISSUES
THAT GO INTO THIS.>> DO YOU
THINK THIS IS BAD PR FOR
NORWEGIAN BECAUSE THEY
EVENTUALLY LET THEM BACK ON THE
BOAT.>> WELL, NO, THE
PASSENGERS ARE ABLE TO ATTEMPT
TO REJOIN SHIPS ON MOST
ITINERARIES.
THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME
PASSENGERS HAVE MISSED THE
SHIP, CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO BE
THE LAST BUT HOPEFULLY A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE LEARNED SOME
LESSONS FROM THIS ABOUT WHAT TO
TAKE WITH THEM, MAKE SURE
YOU'VE GOT YOUR CELL PHONE AND
TRAVEL INSURANCE AVAILABLE.
AND MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT
TIME TO GET BACK, IN THIS CASE,
THEY WERE REALLY LATE.>> THOSE
ARE ALL GREAT TIPS, I'M SURE
PEOPLE MIGHT BE STUCK IN A
SIMILAR SITUATION.
THESE PASSENGERS HAD TO TRAVEL
THROUGH SEVERAL AFRICAN
COUNTRIES AS THEY WERE MAKING
THEIR WAY BACK TO THE SHIP.
DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD HAVE
ANY LAWSUIT IF THEY WANT TO SUE
NORWEGIAN?>> AGAIN, THE FAULT
IS ON THE PASSENGERS, NOT THE
CRUISE LINE.
AND THE GOOD NEWS IS, THE
CRUISE LINE WAS WORKING WITH
THE PASSENGERS IN ORDER TO GET
THEM THE NECESSARY VISA SO THEY
CAN GET THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES AND BE ABLE TO REJOIN
THE SHIP SO THEY CAN ENJOY THE
LAST SEVERAL DAYS OF THIS
VACATION
>> LET ME GIVE YOU A SCENARIO
REAL QUICK, YOU ARE ON THE SHIP
BECAUSE YOU FOLLOW THE RULES
BUT YOUR FAMILY, YOUR BEST
FRIEND DOESN'T MAKE IT, WHAT DO
YOU THINK SHOULD BE DONE, LEAVE
THEM?>> WELL, IF THEY ARE LATE,
THE SHIP HAS GOT TO GO, LISTEN,
THERE'S THOUSANDS OF OTHER
PEOPLE, THEY HAVE OTHER
ITINERARIES, OTHER DESTINATIONS
IN WHICH TO GET TO AND IN THIS
CASE, THEY DID WAIT, THEY WERE
EXCEPTIONALLY LATE AND THEY HAD
TO GET TO THE NEXT PORT.
UNFORTUNATELY, IN THIS CASE, I
THINK THEY WAITED ENOUGH AND
THESE PASSENGERS DID WHAT THEY
WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.
>> ALWAYS GREAT TALKING TO YOU,
THANK YOU FOR JOINING TOP STORY
TONIGHT.
WHEN WE COME BACK, FIGHTING AN
ALLIGATOR, NEW VIDEO SHOWS A
GATOR WRANGLER IN FLORIDA, BUT
TAKE A LOOK AT HOW OLD HE WAS,
EVERY DAY DESERVES THE BEST START.
>>> WE ARE BACK WITH TOP
>>> WE ARE BACK WITH TOP
STORIES, THE DECADES LONG LEGAL
BATTLE OVER THE TULSA RACE
BATTLE, SEEKING REPARATIONS,
THEY ALLEGE THE CITY OF TULSA
WAS COMPLICIT IN THE 1921
MASSACRE AND THAT THE EFFECTS
ARE FELT BY SURVIVORS AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
THEY ARE ASKING THE STATE'S
HIGH COURT TO REVERSE A LOWER
COURT'S DISMISSAL OF THE CASE.
IN 1921, A WHITE MOM BURNED THE
PREDOMINANTLY BLACK
NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE GROUND,
KILLING 300 PEOPLE.>>> A WILD
SCENE CAUGHT ON CAMERA, NEW
VIDEO SHOWS AN ALLIGATOR
FIGHTING WITH BARREL ROLLS AND
GAPING JAWS AND A CHILD IS SEEN
STEPPING IN, SHOCKING SOME
BYSTANDERS, HE HELPED TAPE UP
THE WRANGLER'S MOUTH AS THE
FATHER SECURES THE LIMBS, THE GATOR WAS EVENTUALLY PUT IN A
GATOR WAS EVENTUALLY PUT IN A
CAR, NOBODY WAS HURT.>>> AND
THE FAMED TROPICANA CASINO
CLOSING ITS DOORS TODAY AFTER
67 YEARS, IT WAS KNOWN FOR
WELCOMING STARS LIKE FRANK
SINATRA AND ELIZABETH TAYLOR,
AND IT IS SET TO BE DEMOLISHED
IN THE FALL TO MAKE WAY FOR A
$1.5 BILLION MAJOR LEAGUE
STADIUM.>>> THE SUSPICIOUS
DISAPPEARANCE OF TWO MISSING
MOMS IN OKLAHOMA, OFFICIALS SAY
THEY WERE TRAVELING TOGETHER TO
PICK UP CHILDREN BUT NEVER
SHOWED UP, THEIR CAR WAS FOUND
ABANDONED ON THE SIDE OF THE
ROAD
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE
URGENT SEARCH FOR THESE TWO
MISSING WOMEN FROM KANSAS NOW
EXPANDING ACROSS STATE LINES.>>
WE ARE UNSURE WHERE THESE WOMEN
ARE OR WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.
THAT UNKNOWN IS WHAT HAS
CREATED A SUSPICIOUS
INVESTIGATION FOR US AT THIS
TIME.>> THEY WERE TRAVELING
TOGETHER NEAR THE KANSAS
OKLAHOMA BORDER TO PICK UP
THEIR CHILDREN ON SATURDAY BUT
NEVER SHOWED UP TO THEIR
DESTINATION.
VERONICA'S BLUE KIA LATER
DISCOVERED ABANDONED IN A
REMOTE PART OF THE OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE.>> SHERIFF'S OFFICE
DEPUTIES APPROACHED THE VEHICLE
AND THESE WOMEN ARE GONE AND
NOWHERE TO BE SEEN.>> THE
SEARCH WAS HAMPERED BY THE
EXTREMELY RURAL AREA WHERE THE
CAR WAS DISCOVERED.
>> LAW ENFORCEMENT LOOKS FOR
LOCAL BUILDINGS, HOUSES,
BUSINESSES ARE POSSIBLE CAMERAS
TO SEE WHERE THE CAR WAS PARKED
AND WHERE THEY MIGHT HAVE GONE
PUT -- BUT IT IS SUCH A RURAL
AREA, THAT IS WHY IT IS SO
CHALLENGING FOR US.
>> VERONICA'S FAMILY MEMBERS
TELL NBC NEWS SHE AD BEEN
ENGAGED IN A CUSTODY DISPUTE,
THE OKLAHOMA STATE BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION NOW TURNING TO
THE COMMUNITY FOR HELP.>> IT IS
VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO
CONTINUE TO PUT IN TIPS,
WHATEVER INFORMATION THEY MAY
HAVE TO HELP THE CASE.>>
Reporter: A LOCAL CHURCH COMING
TOGETHER TO PRAY FOR A SAFE
RETURN.>> LORD, WE LIFT UP
JILLIAN AND VERONICA AND PRAY
FOR THEIR SAFETY.>>> WE TURN TO
THE GLOBAL WATCH, AND CHECK
WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THE
WORLD, WE START IN SWITZERLAND, WHERE AN AMERICAN TEENAGER AND
WHERE AN AMERICAN TEENAGER AND
TWO OTHERS WERE KILLED IN AN
AVALANCHE, VIDEO SHOWS
AVALANCHE BARRELING DOWN THE
MOUNTAINSIDE, THREE BODIES WERE
FOUND IN THE SNOW INCLUDING A
15-YEAR-OLD FROM THE U.S. A 20
YEAR-OLD MAN SURVIVED AND HAS
BEEN AIRLIFTED TO THE
HOSPITAL.>>> WE HAVE AN UPDATE
ON THE LUXURY WATCH SCANDAL OUT
OF PERU, LAWMAKERS SUBMITTED A
REQUEST TO PARLIAMENT.
SIX CABINET MEMBERS HAVE ALSO
RESIGNED AMID THE SCANDAL, AS
WE REPORTED YESTERDAY,
PROSECUTORS SAY SHE VIOLATED
LAWS BY NOT DISCLOSING SEVERAL
LUXURY WATCHES INCLUDING A
ROLEX.
SHE WILL FACE QUESTIONING ON
FRIDAY AND IS BEING ORDERED TO
BRING THE WATCHES WITH HER.
AND EGYPT'S PRESIDENT SWORN IN
FOR A THIRD CONSECUTIVE SIX-
YEAR TERM, THE PRESIDENT WAS RE-
ELECTED IN SEPTEMBER AFTER
RUNNING AGAINST THREE UNKNOWN
CANDIDATES, HE WON NEARLY 90%
OF THE VOTE, AND IN 2018, A
GENERAL REFERENDUM ALLOWED HIM
TO RUN FOR A THIRD SIX-YEAR
TERM.>>> COMING UP, CAN YOU PUT
YOUR BOSS ON DO NOT DISTURB?
A PROPOSED CALIFORNIA BILL WOULD ALLOW EMPLOYEES TO IGNORE
WOULD ALLOW EMPLOYEES TO IGNORE
AFTER OUR -- HOURS CALLS FROM
HELLO, MARANDA?>> MY FLIGHT HAS
BEEN CANCELED.
IT'S A WEATHER PROBLEM, I NEED
TO GET HOME TONIGHT, THE TWINS
HAVE A RECITAL TOMORROW MORNING
AT SCHOOL.>> PICTURE THIS, JUST
LIKE THAT SCENE UNDER THE DEVIL
WEARS PRADA, IT IS AFTER WORK
HOURS AND YOUR BOSS CALLS, DO
YOU IGNORE THE MESSAGE AND RISK
THE WRATH OR DO YOU ABANDON
YOUR EVENING PLANS?
A NEW BILL AIMS TO HELP
EMPLOYEES BUILD THIS CONUNDRUM
I GIVING THEM THE RIGHT TO
DISCONNECT AFTER HOURS.
IT WAS ANNOUNCED MONDAY BY A
SAN FRANCISCO DEMOCRAT WHO
JOINS TOP STORY NOW.
AND AN EMPLOYEE AT TECH
COMPANY, GFT REWARDS IN SANTA
CLARA.
WHO IS NOT NECESSARILY ONBOARD
WITH THE LEGISLATION.
WHAT MOTIVATED YOU TO INTRODUCE
THIS BILL?>> WELL, THIS IS AN
ISSUE I HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT,
FROM MY CONSTITUENTS AND FAMILY
AND FRIENDS, NOW THAT WE ARE
AVAILABLE WITH OUR SMART
PHONES, MANY PEOPLE FEEL LIKE
THEY CAN NEVER TURN OFF, THEY
ARE ALWAYS WORKING, ALWAYS
HAVING TO RESPOND.
AND THERE IS A SOLUTION, WHICH
IS OVER A DOZEN COUNTRIES
AROUND THE WORLD, AUSTRALIA,
FRANCE, IOWA AND PORTUGAL, MANY
HAVE A RIGHT TO DISCONNECT,
WHERE COMPANIES AND EMPLOYEES
ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A POLICY
WHERE THEY ARE CLEAR WITH EACH
OTHER ABOUT WHAT THE WORK HOURS
ARE.
IF THEY ARE LONGER, FINE,
REGULAR, FINE, BUT LET'S AT
LEAST BE CLEAR OF THOSE TIMES.
AND I THINK FOR CALIFORNIA, THIS IS A GREAT THING TO BE
THIS IS A GREAT THING TO BE
ABLE TO TRACK WORKERS AND BE
ABLE THAT WE CAN COMPETE WITH A
LOT OF THESE PLACES BY OFFERING
THIS WORK-LIFE BALANCE FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.
>> SO, HOW WOULD YOU ENFORCE
THE BOUNDARIES?>> WELL, YOU
REQUIRE A COMPANY TO HAVE A
POLICY AROUND IT, THEY AGREE
AND CONSENT IN THE CONTRACT
WITH THE EMPLOYEE AND THEY ARE
SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW IT, IT IS
NOT OUT TO PUNISH ANYBODY.
IT IS INTENDED TO CREATE THIS
EXPLICIT AGREEMENT AROUND WHAT
THE WORK HOURS ARE.>> BUT IF A
COMPANY VIOLATES IT, DO YOU
FIND THEM?
>> SO, IF THE COMPANY HAS A
REOCCURRING PATTERN OF
VIOLATING IT, THEN THERE CAN BE
AN INVESTIGATION AND THERE CAN
BE FINES.
BUT IN MOST PLACES WHERE THIS
EXISTS, PEOPLE FOLLOW IT, AND
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
ENFORCEMENT.>> JOHN, I WANT TO
TURN TO YOU NOW, WHAT ARE YOUR
CONCERNS WITH THE BILL LIKE
THIS?
>> I THINK WE ARE VERY MISSION
DRIVEN AND WE ARE NOT
NECESSARILY GOVERNED BY THE
CLOCK, BUT RATHER THE
OBJECTIVE, WHICH IS CREATING
VALUE TO THE PEOPLE, AND I
THINK THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE,
ANYTHING THAT CAN STIFLE
INNOVATION IN SILICON VALLEY,
WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
MAKES CALIFORNIA SUCH AN
INCREDIBLE PLACE, WOULD BE A CONCERN FOR ME.
CONCERN FOR ME.
I THINK THAT A MAX THAT WE PUT
ON PEOPLE'S CAPABILITY COULD
SET US BEHIND, I THINK THE
WORLD IS A VERY COMPETITIVE
PLACE AND I THINK THAT
CALIFORNIA SHOULD BE LOOKING
FOR REASONS TO BRING BUSINESS
AND TO ENCOURAGE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ENCOURAGE
INNOVATION.
AS WITH WORKPLACE BALANCE COMES
INTO EFFECT, I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE ARE
COMMITTED TO THE MISSION, AND
THAT THEY ARE A PART OF IT.>>
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT, HIS
COUNTRY IS BUILT ON CAPITALISM
AND HARD WORK AND INNOVATION
AND SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS AFTER
HOURS.
>> WELL, THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT
THIS BILL THAT WOULD PREVENT
THOSE TYPE OF HOURS, IF HIS
COMPANY'S POLICY WAS YOU NEED
TO BE AVAILABLE TO WORK AT ANY
TIME, IF THAT WAS THEIR POLICY
AND EMPLOYEES AGREE TO IT, THEY
CAN STILL HAVE HAT POLICY.
I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THERE
MIGHT BE SOME CONVERSATION WITH
SOME EMPLOYEES ABOUT CERTAIN
HOURS WHERE THEY DON'T WANT TO
BE AVAILABLE AND IF THEY
CONSENT, THE COMPANY AGREES,
AND THAT IS FINE.>> I'M GOING
TO GO THROUGH A SCENARIO WITH
YOU, THE TODAY SHOW WHICH IS ON
EARLIER THAN EUROPE, BECAUSE OF
THE TIME DIFFERENCE IN
CALIFORNIA, BUT LET'S SAY THEY
WANT YOU ON THE SHOW AND THEY
WANT TO CALL YOU AND IT'S THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT FOR YOU,
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IN
THIS SITUATION?
HOW ARE YOUR AIDS GOING TO
CONTACT YOU?
WOULD THAT BREAK YOUR RULES?
>> NO, MY RULES WOULD BE THAT
THERE ARE SITUATIONS THAT ARE
OFF HOURS, WHERE THEY WOULD
NEED TO BE AVAILABLE.
SO THAT WOULD NOT VIOLATE THE
RULES THAT I HAVE WITH MY
EMPLOYEES.
AND, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULDN'T
VIOLATE THOSE THAT YOU WOULD
HAVE, OF COURSE THERE'S CERTAIN
SITUATIONS, TYPES OF JOBS WHERE
YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT REGULAR
-- I DON'T WANT IT TO BE DONE
WITHOUT ENOUGH CONSENT. A LOT OF FOLKS RIGHT NOW FEEL
A LOT OF FOLKS RIGHT NOW FEEL
LIKE THEY HAVE TO BE ON 24/7,
AND THEY DID NOT CONSENT TO
THAT AND THERE WASN'T A CLEAR
POLICY AND THEY WEREN'T EVEN
GIVEN THE CHANCE TO SAY THEY
HAVE THESE TYPES OF HOURS, AS A
GENERAL RULE, I WOULD LIKE TO
BE WITH FAMILY AND I WOULD LIKE
TO BE AVAILABLE.
AND I THINK CALIFORNIA IS
COMPETING FOR HIGH SKILLED
WORKERS AND IF THEY WANT TO
HAVE THESE STARTUPS AND WANT TO
BE ACHIEVING LIKE THE WAY WE
HAVE FOR MANY YEARS, WE HAVE TO
OFFER SOME WORK-LIFE BALANCE
AND RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE
THAT CULTURE
>> JOHN, NO OTHER COUNTRIES
HAVE ADOPTED SIMILAR
LEGISLATION FOR AT LEAST SOME
OF THEIR WORKFORCE AS YOU
MENTIONED, I CAN REMEMBER
GROWING UP AND MY DAD AND HIS
LINE OF WORK COMING HE HAD TO
HAVE A BEEPER WHICH HE HATED,
YET NOW YOU CHECK YOUR PHONE
ALL THE TIME.
TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING AND
PEOPLE ARE REACHING OUT TO YOU.
DO YOU THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO
DO THIS?
I DON'T KNOW IF IT MAKES
AMERICA BETTER THAT WE ARE
CONSTANTLY GLUED TO OUR PHONES.
>> I THINK, FIRST OFF, IT IS UP
TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE
COMPANY THEY CHOOSE TO WORK
FOR, I CHOSE TO WORK FOR A
STARTUP THAT IS VERY INSPIRING,
WITH PEOPLE THAT WANT TO
INNOVATE. WE ARE TRYING TO INSPIRE THE
WE ARE TRYING TO INSPIRE THE
PEOPLE WHO USE OUR SERVICES.
I WORKED IN LONDON FOR MULTIPLE
YEARS, SO I WORKED IN A COUNTRY
THAT HAS SPECIFIC REGULATIONS
BUT I HAVE SEEN A TASTE OF IT,
WORKING ACROSS EUROPE, FOR
INSTANCE, A LOT OF PEOPLE GO
OFF-LINE IN AUGUST, OR AT 5:00
P.M.
IN GERMANY, THE PHONES GO OFF.
THE WAY SILICON VALLEY HAS BEEN
DEALT IS FRANKLY AROUND-THE-
CLOCK WORK AND IF YOU ARE
SIGNING UP TO WORK FOR A
STARTUP AND YOU REALLY WANT AN
OPPORTUNITY, YOU CAN CREATE
YOUR OWN OPPORTUNITY.
LAST THING I WANT TO SAY ON
THIS, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT
ANYONE CAN MAKE IT IN AMERICA
AND IF YOU ARE COMMITTED TO
YOUR WORK, YOU CAN BE
SUCCESSFUL HERE.
THAT IS NOT THE SAME IN ALL
THESE OTHER COUNTRIES,
NECESSARILY.>> THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME, WHEN WE COME BACK, A
WHISKEY -- RISKY RESCUE
OPERATION, A MAN FALLS AND
HANGING FROM A CLIFF FOR NEARLY
>>> WE ARE ENDING WITH A
>>> WE ARE ENDING WITH A
CLIFFHANGER, TWO BRAVE MEMBERS
RACING TO SAVE A MAN WHO
SLIPPED AND FELL AND WAS
CLINGING TO A ROCK NEAR THE
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE FOR ALMOST
AN HOUR.
WHAT THEY TOLD US TONIGHT ABOUT
HOW THEY PULLED OFF ONE OF THE
MOST DANGEROUS MISSIONS OF
THEIR CAREERS.
HERE IS SAVANNAH SELLERS.
>> Reporter: CLINGING TO THIS
CLIFFSIDE NEAR THE GOLDEN GATE
BRIDGE, A TERRIFIED MAN IN
DESPERATE NEED OF RESCUE.
THE SONOMA COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE SAID HE FELL FROM A
RECREATIONAL AREA, YOU CAN SEE
HIM HOLDING ONTO THE GRAVEL
ROCKFACE, RESCUE CREW HENRY
USING THERMAL IMAGING TO LOCATE
THE MAN, 50 TO 60 FEET BELOW
THE HIKING TRAIL AFTER A
DISTRESSED CALL CAME TO THE
SOUTHERN MARIN FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AFTER SETTING UP FOR RESCUE,
THE CHOPPER HOVERS CLOSE BY,
AND A TECHNICAL FLIGHT OFFICER
DEPLOYS TO RETRIEVE THE MAN WHO
WAS HANGING ON FOR ALMOST ONE
HOUR.
CAREFULLY PLACING HIM INTO A
RESCUE HARNESS
>> MY FEAR AS WE WERE FLYING
IN, I WAS GOING TO WATCH THIS
GUY FALL TO HIS DEATH.>>
Reporter: THE CHOPPER ASCENDS
WITH THE VICTIM ATTACHED TO A
CABLE.
LANDING AT THE TOP OF THE CLIFF
WHERE OFFICIALS FROM THE FIRE
AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT GAVE THE
VICTIM A MEDICAL EVALUATION.
>> AS FAR AS MY PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE, THIS IS DEFINITELY
ONE OF THE MORE DANGEROUS
RESCUES.
>> Reporter: OF THE DEPUTIES
WITH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND
RESCUE OPERATIONS UNDER THEIR
BELT SAY THIS WAS UNIQUELY
CHALLENGING BECAUSE OF POOR
VISION IN THE NIGHT.
>> I BARELY HAD ANY FOOTING,
THE PILOT AND I HAD A GREAT
COMMUNICATION, SO THE WHOLE
TIME WE WERE TALKING TO EACH
OTHER, WHERE WE NEEDED TO TRY
TO SAVE THIS GUY.>> I HAD TO BE
VERY PRECISE, IT IS, LOCATED AT
NIGHTTIME, BECAUSE OF THE LACK
OF PERIPHERAL VISION.>> THE
TEAM, PREPARED FOR ANY
SCENARIO.>> WE WERE VERY LUCKY
TO HAVE ALL THIS TRAINING, THIS
IS EXACTLY WHAT WE TRAINED
FOR.>> WHEN YOU GET A CALL LIKE
THIS, THERE'S NO WARMING UP,
THERE'S NO PRACTICING, YOU
ARRIVE ON THE SCENE AND IT IS
GO TIME.>> AND THANK YOU FOR
WATCHING TOP STORY TONIGHT, I'M
TOM LLAMAS, STAY RIGHT THERE, WE HAVE MORE NEWS ON THE WAY.
5.0 / 5 (0 votes)
